Yearly Archives: 2008

Parry arcs and possible 46° contact arc from Hungary

14.11.2008 2 kiricsi

The weather in Vecsés, Hungary was mostly grey on 12 November, therefore the display came rather unexpected. Low in the horizon, covering the place of the parhelia and most of the 22° halo there was a thick cloud which remained…

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Beginning of diamond dust season

10.11.2008 5 Marko Riikonen

The diamond dust season began in Rovaniemi on the night of 1/2 November with three snow guns running in the ski jump. Here is one of the displays photographed that night. It is noteworthy that the crystals have cavities in…

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Long lasting column and plate halos with Lunar Wegener arc

19.10.2008 5 Michael

After over a month of no halos I got bombarded by a serious halo series that started after I clocked out of work to go home, and before getting into the car I started firing away with my Nikon D-100.…

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Odd radius halos on 8th May

18.9.2008 3 Marko-2

The photos of this diplay got lost somehow and then found again deep inside my harddrive. The display shows 9, 18, 20, 22 and 24 degree halos, also 9, 20 and 24 column arcs. This photo is 9 image stack…

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Blue spot from Vecsés, Hungary

14.9.2008 0 kiricsi

The image above shows the blue spot on the parhelic circle, photographed on 1 September in Vecsés, Hungary. Click the picture to see the colours in the original version. Its hue seemed almost electric blue compared to the white parhelic…

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Odd radius halos in Nydek

13.9.2008 3 kiricsi

After a year of non-pyramidal halo complexes, finally a pyramidal one appeared. On 10 September, I (Martin Popek) observed 9°, 18°, 20°, 23° and maybe a 24° halo, together with weak 9°, both 18° and 23° parhelion, which was separated…

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Halo Meeting 2009, Hungary

2.9.2008 1 kiricsi

*** addition 7 December: please note that the date of the meeting has been modified! *** After the 2006 Artjärvi halo meeting ( 1 ), the next one is to be organised in Hungary. The date of the event is…

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High-sun parry arc in Ohio USA 8-22-08

30.8.2008 0 Michael

For the first time since April 10th I have gotten some photoworthy halos. In all I got 22° halo complete circumscribed halo, complete parhelic circle, circumhorizontal arc, and my first high-sun parry ( 1 – 2 ). I saw reports…

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Report of the Czech ‘Halo Observe Project’ (HOP) about the past three months

27.8.2008 1 kiricsi

Photographs above by Patrik Trncak and Martin Popek. 16th June 2008 – 120° parhelion Tomas Trzicky observed a 120° parhelion during a flight over the Czech Republic. It was seen only briefly somewhere over the western part of the country…

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Two high-sun Parry arcs

21.8.2008 3 kiricsi

We tend to think of upper Parry arcs the way we see them at low sun. Two observations from the past months, however, show what they look like when the sun is high up in the sky. In the above…

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Yearly Archives: 2008

Parry arcs and possible 46° contact arc from Hungary

Beginning of diamond dust season

Long lasting column and plate halos with Lunar Wegener arc

Odd radius halos on 8th May

Blue spot from Vecsés, Hungary

Odd radius halos in Nydek

Halo Meeting 2009, Hungary

High-sun parry arc in Ohio USA 8-22-08

Report of the Czech ‘Halo Observe Project’ (HOP) about the past three months

Two high-sun Parry arcs

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